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GIS-based land suitability assessment and allocation decision-making in a degraded rural environmen

Breytenbach, Andre (2011-10)

Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.

Thesis

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rural development problems faced by the impoverished communities in the Transkei, South
Africa, are numerous, and environmental degradation has already taken much of its toll. By
working at a micro-catchment-level both the socio-economic and biophysical appreciation of the
land resources were captured as encapsulated in the concept of resource management domains.
Participatory decision-making allowed functional land use goals and evaluation criteria to be
incorporated into computerised multi-criteria evaluation and multi-objective land use allocation
models in order to reach an idealised or more sustainable land use situation. In the execution of the
decision-making process seven procedural steps were followed, which are discussed in detail and
applied in the case study. Synthesis of the results emphasised the envisaged rural planning
potential of the methods used.

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mineworkers in South Africa are in abundance as mining is the main occupation
especially in the former black homeland. These mineworkers retrenched or
retire, and returned to their homeland. Transkei ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research discusses the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in two high schools: Ngubezulu and Upper Corana in the Libode–mega district of former Transkei in the Eastern Cape Province.
The ...

As a communication axis between Pretoria and Johannesburg the Old Pretoria Main Road always served as a linear force of attraction of urban development. This force was subsequently strengthened, first by the construction ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Urban areas in South Africa have been growing rapidly over the last twenty years. The focus of the study is comparing the growth and development of those parts of cities located in traditional authority ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 as she studied the
inner-city neighbourhoods of London. She found that neighbourhoods experiencing urban decay
would be ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Invasions of alien species into non-native environments pose one of the largest, but
least addressed international threats to biodiversity, both within natural ecosystems and
agricultural settings. It ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The multifaceted land degradation problem and its associated manifold impacts have attracted
research from different disciplines, resulting in varying definitions of the concept. However, most
researchers ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bush encroachment in savannas leads to reduced diversity, productivity and profitability of
rangelands. This holds important implications for the livestock and eco-tourism industries, as
well as for ...